Pitts, NB, Zero, DT, Marsh, PD et al. (7 more authors) (2017) Dental caries. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 3. 17030. p. 17030.
Abstract
Dental caries is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease resulting in the phasic demineralization and remineralisation of dental hard tissues. Caries can occur throughout life, both in primary and permanent dentitions, and can damage the tooth crown and, in later life, also exposed root surfaces. The balance between pathological and protective factors influences the initiation and progression of caries. This interplay between factors underpins the classification of individuals and groups into caries risk categories allowing an increasingly tailored approach to care. Dental caries is an unevenly distributed, preventable disease with considerable economic and quality of life burdens. The daily use of fluoride toothpaste is seen as the main reason for the overall decline of caries worldwide over recent decades. This Primer aims to provide a global overview of caries, acknowledging the historical era dominated by restoration of tooth decay by surgical means, but it focusses on current, progressive and more holistic long-term, patient-centred, tooth-preserving preventive care.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, The Author(s). Published by Nature Publishing Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Dentistry (Leeds) > Oral Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2017 10:07 |
Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2017 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/nrdp.2017.30 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119171 |